Artist
Sam Messer (American, born 1955)American, born 1955
CultureAmerican
Titles
- A Brief History of Women in Western Art (Truth is Beauty, Beauty is Truth)
Date1991
PlaceUnited States
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions69 3/4 × 48 1/16 in. (177.2 × 122.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Phyllis Herman
Object number94.108
Not on view
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Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
Exhibition Historyexhibited Exhibited at the Nina Nielson Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated, in charcoal, upper right corner of canvas, verso: "Messer '91"
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George Romney
September 1783
Book with pen and sepia ink, brush and sepia wash, black chalk and graphite on laid paper
78.187